“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” - St. Augustine

Sunday, August 23, 2009

This is the beginning

This is the beginning of a journey that I have no idea how will play out which is not easy for me because I like to have an idea of how things may go and at this point I have NONE. My husband left today to start his new job in Monrovia Liberia which is in Africa. I will join him in January which is only four months away but to me seems like an eternity. I know this experience will be interesting, good or bad and I hope that y'all will follow it all through the up coming months. I know I am not perfect which means there WILL be some spelling and grammar errors (sorryCheryl) but it should be interesting.

Today hopefully should be the hardest. I dropped off Dan this morning at the Birmingham Airport and have talked to him a few times since but at the moment he is somewhere between JFK Airport and Ghana Africa which means I should be able to talk to him sometime tomorrow. The worst part about this whole process is the time we have to spend apart. I will have to go FOUR months with out Dan which is way not cool. After I dropped Dan off I did go to the Elley's and they let me and Tilley (the most spoiled dog in the world but don't blame me it is Dan's fault (; I promise.) hang out with them all day. I am going to get through the next four months but I am not going to like it. I hope I don't drive my friends and family too crazy but time will tell. Now all I can do is wait to hear from Dan and will relax when I know he has made it there safely.

2 comments:

Good Luck Michelle with the whole move to Africa,hope eveything goes the way it is suppose to go for you guys.Just think of the four months that you are not with your husband how much you are really going to love him when you and him are back in eachothers arms,and remember that absence makes the heart grow fonder.

About Me

I am a small town girl who grew up in Modesto, California. I moved to Ozark Alabama right out of high school to live with my Dad and his amazing wife Dottie helped me be the person I am today. I graduated from Troy University with a Bachelors Degree in Collaborative Education in 2005 and now have a Masters Degree in Collaboration from University of Alabama at Birmingham. I currently teach Special Education and LOVE my job, but not as much as my husband Dan. I met him in my second year of college through a mutual friend and hung around the same group of friends until he left for Auburn University in 2002. We didn’t begin dating until August 2004 and have been happy together ever since. He is definitely the calm to my crazy since July 15, 2006 when we got married and he had never has had a dull day since. We have lived in Trussville Alabama for the past 3 years and now have been offered a life changing opportunity to move to Monrovia, Liberia which is in northwest Africa. We took it and are going on a wing and a prayer. Through all my experiences I have learned what doesn’t kill us will only make us stronger.